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WhatsApp to Drop Subscription Fee

Messaging service will seek new ways to connect companies with its users

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MUNICH—Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp will scrap its subscription fees and explore other ways to allow businesses to interact with its users to make up for the lost revenue, its co-founder said Monday.

Whatsapp previously charged customers an annual subscription fee of $0.99 after their first year of using the service.

“It...

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